csmsss said:
It's quite possible that Dorner took possession of her automatic rifle after he killed her. It's also possible that he took/stole an automatic rifle from LAPD while he was still a police officer.
+1. Dorner
claimed in his manifesto to own Class III weapons purchased through an out-of-state trust, and AFAIK he was found to be in possession of suppressors that were presumably legally purchased, but I have yet to see any definitive source (i.e. not a blog post or Wiki edit!) state that he
ever possessed a
properly registered and transferable NFA machine gun.
Given the press silence on this particular detail, I feel it's safe to presume, as csmsss stated, that his FA firearms were
non-transferable and misappropriated.
Feel free to correct me, really, I'm curious.
JimDandy said:
I doubt the exemption for new purchases applies to private purchases of law enforcement officers...
What exemption? There's no exemption for LEO's from the federal NFA. I believe there's a State of CA LEO exemption
for suppressors specifically, but I could be wrong about this; I haven't researched it in depth.